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Victoria Rubin

Prof. Research Lab Director. Writer. Speaker.
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        • Mini-Study 1. ChatGPT Assessment for Assignment Plagiarism
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Rubin Makes a Short Appearance on CBC Ontario Today

Rubin, Victoria November 21, 2023

On September 6, 2023, CBC ran an episode related to text-generating AI technologies. “Does generative AI belong in the classroom?” Dr. Rubin was called inView More

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Kelly and Rubin Wrote for The Conversation about “Dark Patterns” and Harnessed Some Media Attention

Rubin, Victoria November 21, 2023 No Comments

In June 2023, The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) took a proactive step against Amazon, alleging that Amazon employed dark patterns which are often explainedView More

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LiT.RL Team’s Work Profiled in Western News

Rubin, Victoria April 12, 2023 No Comments

On 23 March 2023, Western News, our University’s central publication for communications, published a long-form article explaining our current research plans and some past accomplishments byView More

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Dr. Rubin’s Interview with Youth Time International Movement

VRubin2021WPOwner July 8, 2021 No Comments

Youth Time International Movement representative, Olivia Hupp, reached out to me for an interview about the Psychology of Misinformation. I gladly agreed to participate. TheView More

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Rubin Interviewed on Super Awesome Science Show, hosted by Global News

VRubin2021WPOwner October 9, 2019 No Comments

A timely interview about how to spot “fakes” in the news automatically. The podcast is hosted by the Global News. The host, Jason Tetro, aView More

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Rubin Interviewed by de Volkskrant, Dutch Morning Newspaper

VRubin2021WPOwner September 19, 2018 No Comments

In early September 2018 Dr. Rubin was interviewed by Niels Waarlo, Techjournalist De Volkskrant. Rubin and Waarlo exchanged several e-mails and on September 14, 2018View More

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Interview on SparkDialog Podcast

VRubin2021WPOwner March 5, 2018 No Comments

Our team was interviewed by Elizabeth Fernandez, the host of SparkDialog, a podcast about science and society. You can listen to the full recording orView More

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Chen’s Interview on CBC London

VRubin2021WPOwner February 23, 2018 No Comments

Yimin Chen is nearing his PhD thesis completion and his topic on Internet trolls is sparking interest of the local media outlets. You can listenView More

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Featured on the Australian “Talk the Talk” Podcast

VRubin2021WPOwner October 30, 2017 No Comments

Professor Rubin and Sarah Cornwell were interviewed by Daniel Midgley, an Australian radio show host on deception and satire detection for his podcast, “Talk theView More

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Interview with the Ryerson Review of Journalism, Toronto

VRubin2021WPOwner October 30, 2017 No Comments

Victoria Rubin was interviewed by Daniel Calabretta, a senior digital editor at the Ryerson Review of Journalism (the RRJ), Ryerson University’s flagship magazine in Toronto.View More

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